Prescription Drug Abuse: A Healthy Kids Series

Prescription Drug Abuse: A Healthy Kids Series

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Too often, parents are clueless when it comes to the prescription-drug abuse epidemic among high school and even middle school teens– missing early warning signs and fumbling opportunities to educate themselves and protect their kids. During October …
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How pharmacists are preventing drug abuse

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NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – More than 54,000 boxes of pseudoephedrine stayed on pharmacy shelves this year, according to information from the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators. The non-profit credits the statewide …
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Boys More Prone to OTC Drug Abuse Than Girls, Study Suggests

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University of Cincinnati researchers looked at over-the-counter (OTC) drug abuse among students in grades 7 through 12 in 133 schools across greater Cincinnati who took part in a 2009-2010 survey. Early analysis of the data showed that 10 percent of …
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Bath Salts Drug Abuse (Video) – “The man is strapped onto a gurney and restrained, yet he is singing, making faces and twitching. “You know where you’re at?” a paramedic asks him, but Freddy Sharp can’t answer. He was, he explained later, off in his own world after overdosing on synthetic drugs known as “bath salts.” “I’d never experienced anything like that,” Sharp told CNN’s Don Lemon. “It really actually scared me pretty bad.” He said he was hallucinating about being in a mental hospital and being possessed by Jason Voorhees, the character from the “Friday the 13th” movies…”.* Are bath salts turning people into zombies and cannibals leading to a recent slate of attacks? Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turk.s Support The Young Turks by Subscribing bit.ly Like Us on Facebook: www.fb.com Follow Us on Twitter: twitter.com Find out how to watch The Young Turks on Current by clicking here: www.current.com

 

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